Yet when it comes to himself and his own ugly past, Scarborough has a different standard.

He was LIVID when the president mocked him by referring to a conspiracy theory from his own past: the 2001 death of an intern at his Florida office when he was a serving in the House of Representatives.

“So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin?” Trump tweeted. “And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the ‘unsolved mystery’ that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!”

So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!

“Today the president crossed another deeply disturbing line with his attack on Joe. The chief law enforcement officer of the United States of America advanced a false conspiracy theory to intimidate the press and cause a chilling effect on the First Amendment,” she said on the air on Thursday morning. “Joe and I are not intimidated. His bizarre behavior contravenes both the Constitution and basic moral judgment.”

By all accounts, there’s zero evidence to back the wild and bizarre theories online about the death of 28-year-old Lori Klausutis, who had a history of serious health problems.